Eid-el-Kabir: Nigeria will overcome her challenges – Ogieh
Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome her current economic and security challenges. The DESOPADEC boss made the declaration on Tuesday in a message to felicitate with Muslims as they mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. He emphasized that despite the country’s […]
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Eid: Akpabio posters flood Kaduna streets
By Ibrahim Wuyo, Kaduna Posters of Senator Godswill Akpabio,theMinister for Niger Delta, felicitating with the Muslims at Sallah,have flooded some major streets in Kaduna during the festive period. Although there was no political inscription on the poster that linked the Minister with any political office come 2023 ,a political analyst in the state capital, Malam […]
Apapa gridlock: Security agents, hoodlums clash over control of extortion points
By Godwin Oritse MORE facts have emerged as to what led to the recent clashes between security agents and hoodlums that rocked the Tin-Can Island Port area of Apapa, two weeks ago. It was gathered that both parties tried to outwit each other over the control of the extortion points along the port access roads. […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records one death, 143 new cases on Monday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 143 new COVID-19 cases, with one death. In its official website handle on Tuesday morning, NCDC said the total infections from the virus had risen to 169,678 as at July 19. The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicated a decrease from the 203 cases […]
Eid-el-Kabir: Traders, buyers lament high cost of foodstuff, ram in Abuja
Some traders and buyers lament the high cost of foodstuff, ram and other items in Abuja due to Eid-el-Kabir. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in some markets in Abuja on Monday revealed that most respondents were bothered by the high price of goods and services. Price checks for ram is N80,000 […]
Digital broadcast: Why every Nigerian must have Pay-TV —Moreplex boss
THE House of Representatives has considered the pay-per-view, pay-as-you-go and price reduction for all cable satellite operators in the country.
Court declines to suspend Saturday’s Lagos council poll
By Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday, declined to make an order of status quo ante that would have stopped the local government elections in Lagos State, scheduled for Saturday. Trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, rather adjourned till November 29, 2021, proceedings in the suit by an All Progressives Congress, APC, […]
Angry mob sets ablaze 3 suspected motorcycle thieves in Lagos
A group of angry mobs on Monday evening meted out jungle justice on three suspected motorcycle thieves in Ayobo area of Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three suspects, who allegedly stole two brand new motorcycles at Olorunsola, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos were set ablaze after lynching them. According to an eyewitness […]
It’s unfair to stop Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho while armed herders are not checked – Ortom
Eight persons including two aide workers and a relation of Governor Samuel Ortom were, Sunday, reportedly killed during a raid on Nzorov and Uvir council wards of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen.
Attacks on Dunamis Church ungodly, unacceptable — CAN
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday condemned the anti-government protests by some youths at the Dunamis Gospel International Centre, Abuja during Sunday service.
PIB: Inaugurate NDDC board to douse tension, agitators tell Buhari, Akpabio
A coalition of agitators in Niger Delta, has urged the Federal Government to promptly inaugurate the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to quench rising anger in the oil states over the detestable manner the National Assembly treated their interests in the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
Okorocha’s second inland bridge collapses in Imo
The Second inland bridge constructed by former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the Owerri metropolis, has caved.
Legal issues arising from Matawalle’s defection
By Washington Osa Osifo ON June 11, 2021, Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, leaving behind his deputy-governor in the PDP. Since then, all hell has been let loose in the PDP who have insisted that by reason of his defection, […]
BREAKING: Sunday Igboho reportedly arrested in Cotonou
Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic by security operatives in the West African country.
Victor Moore Foundation to provide relief for low-income families, communities
Victor Moore Foundation (VMF), a non-profit body that sponsors children from low-income homes and marginalized communities, is set for launch. The establishment was founded by Besidonne Moore in memory of her father Victor A. Moore. The organization has two major areas of focus – educational support and access to skills – which define the scope […]
Japan’s Yoshida questions Olympics spectator ban
Japan men’s football captain Maya Yoshida has called on Olympics organisers to reconsider their decision to stage the Tokyo Games behind closed doors. The call to ban spectators from attending events was taken earlier this month after Japan’s capital city was placed into a state of emergency amid rising COVID-19 cases. However, fans are still […]
